LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
 
ACTUARIAL IMPACT STATEMENT
 
78TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
 
April 3, 2003

TO:
Honorable Allan Ritter, Chair, House Committee on Pensions & Investments
 
FROM:
John Keel, Director, Legislative Budget Board
 
IN RE:
HB2445 by Hochberg (

Relating to contributions by a school district and certain charter schools to the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.

), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

CSHB 2445 would change the formula for contribution payments to the Teacher’s Retirement System (TRS) made by school districts and schools granted a charter under Subchapter D, Chapter 12 of the Education code. The bill would establish the new contribution rate at 0.57 per cent of the aggregate annual compensation of all members of the retirement system who are employed in either a school district or open-enrollment charter schools during that school year. The bill, if enacted, will have no actuarial effect because it does not propose to change the funding or obligations of any public retirement system. It only specifies the source of a portion of the funds that go to the pension fund, which would still receive a full employer contribution on salaries. If the employer contribution changes from the current rate of 6%, the proportion picked up by the charter schools may change, but the system would still receive the full increased contribution.



Source Agencies:
338 Pension Review Board
LBB Staff:
JK, WM